Backbone Uncut Bourbon Whiskey

Backbone Uncut is exactly what it says: bourbon straight from the barrel, undiluted, unblended, at whatever proof the barrel gave it. The brand started around 2011 when two Indiana liquor distributors got fed up with a supplier who kept flaking — they wished he had more backbone — and decided to build their own label instead, sourcing from Lawrenceburg, Indiana and bottling in Bardstown, Kentucky. The whole philosophy comes from the first barrel sample they ever tasted, which arrived at 114.9 proof: they kept expecting to water it down to a respectable 90, and kept liking it more at full strength. Uncut became the flagship. It's a 70% corn, 25% rye, 5% malted barley bourbon from MGP — the Indiana distillery behind countless respected bourbon and rye brands — bottled at barrel proof with each batch landing somewhere between roughly 114 and 117, no blending, no dilution, no chill filtration. Expect a big, bold nose of caramel, vanilla, and toasted oak with the rye spice the high-rye mash brings, opening into a dense, oily palate of butterscotch, cinnamon, black pepper, dried fruit, and charred wood, finishing long and warm with the heat you'd expect from the proof. Honest note: this is a cask-strength bourbon for people who like cask-strength bourbon — add water if you want it to open up. Bold, high-proof, deliberately unadorned, and priced well below most barrel-proof Kentucky bottles. A bourbon with backbone, obviously.

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